Latin – rogue classicism

March 4, 2019

Barry Baldwin ~ Definitive Moments

[Editor’s note: this is a never-before-seen effort by Dr Baldwin; we are grateful that he thought this was an appropriate venue! As always, yours truly takes responsibility for any typos or other editorial negligences which may accrue.] Thought it might be amusingly instructive to compare and contrast definitions of Latin sexual terms in Lewis &…

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March 28, 2017

CJ-Online Review ~ Latin of New Spain

Latin of New Spain. By Rose Williams. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishing, 2015. Pp. xx + 280. Paper, $19.00. ISBN 978-0-86516-833-6. Reviewed by Tom Garvey, The Meadows School Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of extant Latin derives from later than, and not infrequently from places geographically outside, the historical core of the…

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February 14, 2017

CJ-Online Review ~ Latina Mythica II: Troia Capta

Latina Mythica II: Troia Capta. By Bonnie A. Catto. Mundelheim: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2015. Pp. xv + 241. Paperback, $25.32. ISBN: 978-0-865-16825-1. Reviewed by Eric Andrew Cox, The University of Utah Latina Mythica II is part two in a series of texts designed to accompany introductory study of Latin grammar. The text is similar to Anne…

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July 21, 2014

Also Seen: 20 Latin Phrases You Should Be Using | Mental Floss

@Mental Floss: 20 Latin Phrases You Should Be Using

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March 22, 2014

Also Seen: Latin Grammars at the Glasgow Incunabula Project

Tip o’ the pileus to Robert MacLean on Twitter for mentioning this update … here’s the intro paragraph as a bit of a tease: This latest batch of incunabula includes a bound volume containing six independent Latin grammatical texts. These texts are primarily associated with Johannes de Garlandia, a 12th century grammarian whose most famous…

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